Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-10-21

the Polo Grounds Oct. Is. President
| Byrne OF the Brooklyn Club has contracts
for Washington Park for Oct. Is and %,
and the Staten Island Amusement Com
pany has contracts for two games at St.
George on dates not named. As the series
permits only three games. to be played in
the vicinity in question, and five are con-
tracted for, there will be trouble on that
score, and the fact that Presidents
Day and Byrne hold agreements for
the opening. game on Oct. Is, will
also cause disagreement. Won der Abe
by wire last Tuesday asked Mr.. Byrne to
game at Brooklyn to Wednesday, 10Th, but
Mr. Byrne, surmising that the object was
to give the date to New York, re- used to
take back seat and let New York have
the first game in the metropolitan district.
MIR. Stearns, of Detroit, then asked Mr..
Day to change his date to Friday, Oct. IA,
but Day refused, and he will hold the clubs
to the contract. If they agree to play in
Brooklyn on Oct. Is Mr.. Day will prob
ably restrain them by Injunction, and Mr..
Byrne will do the same if the clubs deter
mine to play on the Polo grounds on that
day. SO here, it will be seen, is ground
enough for very pretty mess.
Not only do those in charge of the games
seem absolutely incompetent to handle the
enterprise so far as the arrangement of
dates is concerned, but they seem to think
that the desire throughout the country to
see their teams is so great that the public
Will cheerfully give up any price of adj
mission-however exorbitant the man
agement may ask. In this connection they
have run against another stump-at least,
SO far as Chicago is concerned. The game
scheduled for Chicago, as may be seen, was
set for Oct. IL. A few days ago President
Spalding received a letter from President
stearns asking the formers opinion of a
81 and $3.50 tariff to the game. Mr..
Spalding was not slow to make re-
ply that he thought such a charge
outrageously exorbitant and refusing to
have such an imposition pract iced on his
patrons. In reply Stearns telegraph
ed Spalding demanding an immediate
answer to the question if he would consent
to the $3.50 tariff. The Chicago President
again refused to consent to tho charge.
Stearns then wired this message:
DETROIT Oct. l.
Won der Abe and agreo that we play at our
price Or not at all. Which shall it be?
F. X. STEARNs
To this President spalding made this
reply:
CHICAGO, Oct. 1.
We can exist if we are deprived the pleasure
of witnessing the Detroit-st Louis game on
Oct II, but it is played our regu lar prices of
admission must be charged. Shall I consider
tho gume off? Answer A. G. SpALD1NG
stearns then telegraphed Spalding to
declare the game off, and it is doubtful,
therefore, if these two teams will be seen
in Chicago this fall. 1t will be rather
amusing to watch the success of such a
tariff, if adhered to in other cities. A so
and rs cent tariff was good enough when
the Chicagos and Browns We're playing for
the worlds championship last fall, and it
ought to be sufficient for the Detroits and
Browns this year. It would probably put
money in the pockets of Won der Abe and
Stearns to abandon the idea of travelling
in yestibule train and accept the common
sense plan of charging reasonable prices
to their games.